It looked to me like Molina ran into the umpire and the Umpire was pushing him out of his way. The collision looks like it was instigated by Molina as he tried to get out of the way after grabbing the mask.

Why the heck was Molina picking up that mask? He's putting himself at risk for an interference call right there, not to mention cutting off the umpire's path to get into position. I bet the umpire had a few words with him the next half-inning.

Saw the play and Molina was doing what he is supposed to do (clear bat and possibly the mask out of the way of the advancing runner) albeit doing it way too late in the play. PU had every right to push him out of way to get clear sightline to the play. Could INT be called? No , not in my opinion since he didnt interfere with the F2. just the position and vision of the umpire. I do agree with a previous post saying " Was having a word with him after the play". TM

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